Top five stories from Mumbai you shouldn’t miss

With civic bodies across the Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR), including the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), going to polls next year, chief minister Devendra Fadnavis on Wednesday rolled out an infrastructure bonanza for the region. Read

Stations installed by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) in 2015 between Churchgate and Mulund will provide hourly and weekly decibel (dB) data to citizens, made available on the pollution watchdog’s website. Read

The proposed fire stations in Thane may finally see the light of the day, as the fire department is slated to start the work on Shil Phata fire station soon, while three other fire stations will be constructed by developers on transfer of development right (TDR) basis. Read

Amid increasingly choppy relations between allies Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Shiv Sena, the latter is preparing to fight solo in the upcoming elections to state’s various municipal corporations, including the cash-rich Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). Read

The Nala Sopara police arrested two imposters along with a scrap dealer for stealing air conditioners (ACs) from banks and unguarded ATMs by posing as mechanics in Palghar district of Maharashtra. Read